George Porter Jr., Nicholas Payton, Johnny Vidacovich
Maple Leaf Bar
New Orleans, LA
2003-02-05

Source: AUD > DAT from the collection of Andrei Soloviev (see note)
Transfer: Otari DTR-8S > Tascam DA-3000 > WAV @ 16/48
Master: Wavelab 12 (tracking, fades) > FLAC 1648

Set I
01. Jam
02. Jam
03. What Are All These Changes
04. Bass Jam
05. I Love Coffee
06. Jam
07. Honky Tonk
08. banter - intros

Set II
09. Funkify Your Life
10. Bass Jam
11. Funkify Your Life
12. Sick And Tired
13. Second Line
14. Somebody's Watching Me
15. You Really Got A Hold On Me
16. Ooh Poo Pah Doo
17. crowd
18. Africa

George Porter Jr. - bass
Johnny Vidacovich - drums
Nicholas Payton - trumpet

This is a terrific performance and a great recording. It does not sound like Andrei's usual Sonics capture from the floor at the Maple Leaf. Instead, it may be Mike Falcon's Neumann ak40 + lc3 + km100 (stage, XY) > Oade m148 -> mod SBM-1, as it sounds like a stage recording and Mike made a lot of them around this time, and also recorded this show. But the tape does not specify.

Tracking is somewhat arbitrary and some of the song titles are made up.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2025-09-23